*Uncommon Ideals - A short film about surfing the North Sea, directed by Chris McClean, featuring and named after my poem 'uncommon ideals.' The film won multiple awards and has played at many festivals, including SXSW. Uncommon Ideals was shown on Channel 4.

Uncommon Ideals

The first breath is a beauty;Whispering of the north like a kissGilded hammer come tappingLicking the dun dunesSweeping the tawny seaA chill fist come rappingAt the doors of you,of me

Bay burn the firstRunners of the dawn trainRipples, creeping in beneath castlesUnder dismantled factoriesBetween oak groins tar blackOnto reefs of hellAnd fain the eyes that trackThis first building ofthe swell

A copper peak like running snuffBang, bang, bangFrom the north she poursStirring the remaining codSister wind swung southWaking the Farne-bound sealsAnd met by land she roarsDipped in sepia,flayed bisterDelight for uncommon ideals